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Tragedy happens way too often. Our response to it is paramount in our future. Not just our physical and worldly future, but our spiritual future as well.
This past weekend four young adults were taken from their families through a horrendous car accident. One young man, Louis, was a week away from his wedding. He left behind a fiancé with two young children. My husband was to perform the marriage ceremony. It is truly a heart-wrenching story.
As we waited at the Funeral Home to pay our respects to the family, I was amazed at the number of 20-somethings who were drawn together looking for comfort, for answers, for strength to face each new day – not knowing or understanding why.
This is a tragic story. But it is a story not without hope…
As part the wedding process for each couple that he marries, my husband Paul requires that he counsels with them 3 or 4 times. These sessions are sometimes fun, informative, and important. He gives procedural as well as spiritual counsel. About two weeks ago in a session with Louis and his fiancé, Meghan, Paul shared with them an invitation to receive Christ as their personal Savior. Both understood and accepted Him into their hearts and lives. What a joyous day!
At the Funeral Home, as we approached a broken Meghan, she began to cry out, “Because you talked with us, because you prayed with us, I know where Louis is. He is in Heaven!”
Please pray for Meghan and her two children as they continue to deal with the grief and as she grows in her relationship with Her Savior.